options for a 75 gal

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Howdy,

I have an empty 75 gal that's screaming "/\/\onster" after my wolf died.

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Currently, I have a few toucan fish parked in there to keep biofiltration going. Filtration is sufficient to support even massive bioload. After I've kept dats and the wolf, I am looking for a new path in /\/\onsterfishkeeping, maybe a small school of Ps (4-5):cool:.

However, the 75 gal is all I can offer for life (my other tanks are full). I know RBPs, rhombs, and others are out because of the limited tank size.

I've been browsing thru options, and saw that my LFs had hollandi
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super reds snake skin (or are these a variety of RBPs?)
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and elongatus for sale.
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I know elongs are pushing it at bit. Any experience with them in a 75 gal?

Other suggestions?

Yes, I'm a P newbie :D Thanks!
HarleyK
 
Those marked as Hollandi most deffinately are not. Holland's Piranha doesn't have any kind of terminal band on the tail. There is no clear idea if Hollandi are even a true valid species.
You can do alot with your tank.
A juvinile rhombeus is nowhere near being out of the question. The tank volume is awsome. Depening on the footprint that tank could work many years. Arguebly the life of the fish.
After some time, losing the large piece of driftwood would be a must to give more swimming space.
The Elong is a good option for that tank. I would have a hard time deciding between the Elong and a Rhom.
Brandtii would be a good specimen as well. Irritans is one hell of a killer species that stays relatively small, hard to obtain though.
 
if you think the fish that you'll put in there will be for life, forget the rhomb. the elong is one of the most active ps. very agressive and a good hunter. be careful when cleaning the tank do, this lil mofo is not afraid of anything and very territorial.

super fish to keep and observe. id say the best option you have given the fact that they already have one nearby.

one advice, i'd be you, i'd add a powerhead in your thank. elong are very active fish that could fit tight in a 75 gal, but will do well as long as he has to keep on swimming all the time. also, had more plants to your tank, elongs are ambush hunters so few more microsorum should do it.

my opinion

good luck pal
 
Keep in mind that nobody has really grown a juvenile rhombeus past 11" in a tank. Only a few have even made it 10" for that matter. Now granted, A 75 is a little small for a 11" piranha, however the fish would fine. And this would take YEARS and years to obtain a size even that big. Depth would be more of an issue then length and width by that time and that would probably be more then 10 years down the road.

People have this assumption when the species "Rhombeus" comes up that Rhombeus = 17"+ fish.......
They don't even come close to those lengths when grown in captivity.

I forgot to mention Serrasalmus Maculatus as well. There isn't a whole lot of Mac keepers that don't love them.
 
If you're not limited to just LFS stock, might look into Gold Spilo as well as the others mentioned. Even something like a 10-12" rhom would be ok in your tank for a long long time.

GL that wolf was awesome.
 
Hi.

If I were you I'd definetly get some reds or caribas, even a mixture of them both. 2 caribas and 2 maybe 3 reds, I think you cand get away with that bro. but not more than five of those fish.:headbang2

Cheers.
 
i don't know man. If I had a spare 75 laying around I'd put a jaguar cichlid in it. I know that's completely off topic, but there you go...
 
cichlaguapote;2822767; said:
If you're not limited to just LFS stock, might look into Gold Spilo as well as the others mentioned. Even something like a 10-12" rhom would be ok in your tank for a long long time.

GL that wolf was awesome.
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From the pics he posted, I'm pretty sure the lfs he mentioned is Shark Aquarium so there should be plenty of options there, no where to be limited at all. some of the pictures I took there earlier this month.

75g is 18" wide so even decent size rhom will be ok in there for a good while, of course if you get a larger size you may want to use a smaller drift wood in your tank to provide more swimming space.

you can do pygo as well just not in large number, maybe 5 rbps or 3-4 caribes. personally I like to keep pygos in shoals but if you want you can also keep a solo piraya (or caribe) in that 75g. not sure if anyone has ever grown out a baby piraya (2") into 18" monster in home aquarium so I think the 75 will probably be ok. of if possible upgrade to a 120g (48x24x24) if you can't go longer than 48".

elong should be ok too if you provide it with a powerful power head so it can keep swimming in the current even the tank itself isn't that long but 18" might be a little too tight for a fish that can grow to like a foot.

you can probably keep most if not any piranah specie in the 75g as long as you keep the correct number of them and rearrange the tank for more swiming space.

If you are still not sure just go to that "lfs" when George is there and ask him if the piranah you like will be fine in your 75g. I'm sure he can give you some possitive/helpful suggestions.
 
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